The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-07-17

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specify the time within which and the
place where objections to such proposed Z
sewer may be filed, the last day of which
time shall not be less than forty pays from
the date of the first publication of such
notice; all objections to such proposed
sewer shall be filed with the clerk of the
municipality which includes the drainage
area in which the land of the objecting
owner lies; and each of said clerks shall, at
least fiftsen days prior to the expiration of
the time specified in such notice, post
large printed copies of such notice in at
least fifty conspicuous places in the drain.
age area in the municipality of which he is
clerk.
6. Aud be it enacted, That within fifteen
days after the expiration of the time named
in said notice, the council, governing body
or proper board of such municipalities
shall respectively meet and examine the
objections to such proposed sewer that
have been filed with their respective clerks;
and if it appear that majority in amount
of the estimated probable assessment in
the drainage area in either of such munich
palities shall have objected thereto, then
upon its being SO certified b. the clerk
thereof to the said commissioners no fur
ther proceedings shall be had or taken by
said commissioners, and IN that event the
cost and expenses of said commission, in
Guiding compensation to a competent en-
gineer and surveyor, the said commission
ers being hereby authorized to employ one,
shall be determined upon AID shall be
borne and paid equally by said municipali-
ties.
Z. And be il enacted, That if a majority
of the estimated probable assessment in
the drainage areas in each municipality
shall not have objected thereto as afore-
said, the respective clerks thereof shall so
| certify to the said commissioners, and then
| and from tn snceforth the said commission
| ers shall have full power and authority to.
| make, build and construct AMI TO acquire
| the right of way and an outlet for the sew
er described and designated in said report.
| plans, estimates and maps, and to do all
and every act necessary to be done for the
proper building and constructing of such
| sewer.
| s. And be it enacted, That the said COM
| n issioners shlll have power to take any
lands that may be necessary for the build
| ing or constructing of such sewer upon
paying to the owner or owners thereof the
fair value of the lands taken and of the ln1-
| provements thereon, and the damage done
! to any lot, tract or parcel, tenement or
building, by taking part of it for such pur-
| pose, and every person whomsoayer wAose
land and property shall or may be inJurl-
ously affected by the location and con-
| struction of said sewer or the outlet shall
be entitled to have and receive damages
and just compensation for such injury.
which shall be determined and paid before
said sewer is actually built and constructed
and the moneys necessary to pay the same
shall be advanced and paid by the said mu-
inequalities on the order of the said COM
missioners in the proportion provided for
in the aforesaid report of the said commits
| sioners.
8. And be it enacted, That the said co n
! missioners shall have full power and au~
1 thority to enter into contracts with rsspon-
sible persons as hereinafter provided for
doing the work and furnishing the neces-
sary materials required in the construction
of such sewer or any section thereof they
shall advertise for proposals in at least two
newspapers published in the county in
| which such municipalities are situated for
| doing the work and furnishing the materi-
ais for the whole sewer or for any section
| thereof, and their contracts shall be award
| ed to and made with the lowest response
| bla bidder who will comply with the re-
| qu.rements of the commissioners and will
| give ample security for doing such work
| and furnishing such materials according to
| contract; but the said commissioners shall
| be under no obligations to accept the low
! est bid, in which case all other bids shall
| be thrown out and new proposals adver-
| tised for in the manner hereinaboye pro-
vided.
| 10. And be it enacted, That the commits
sioners shall, on the sworn certificate of
their engineer and such other evidence as
tLey may require of the completion of any
portion of the work, apportion the amount
to be paid therefor by each municipality
appointing said commissioners, and shall
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tractor or contractors for the amount so
apportioned to it, which order, on present
alton, shall be paid by the municipality on
which it is drawn, either in money or i'm
provement certificates or in the bonds of
such municipality as may be agreed upon;
provided, however, that at no time before
said work shall be fully completed shall the
said commissioners draw orders for more
than seventy per centum of the contract
price, and when such work shall have been
fully completed, orders for an additional
twenty per centum thereof may be drawn,
and at the expiration of not more than six
months thereafter orders for the remaining
ten per centum may be drawn; and in case
either municipality shall fail or refuse to
pay any order drawn thereon by said COM
missioDers on presentation, an action shall
lie against it in favor of the person to
whom it is made payable proof of the is
suing of such order by the said commls
sioners shall be sufficient proof of the LA
bility of such municipality.
IL. And be it enacted, That either nlu-
nipalisy may issue and sell bonds to run
not exceeding ten years, and to bear inter
est at not exceeding six per centum, to and
for amount sufficient to pay lis share OF
cost and expense of constructing such
sewer. and all moneys received or collected
for or on account of the assessment herein
after provided for shall be held and kept
inviolable for the redemption of the bonds
herein authorized to be issued.
II. And bs it enacted, That after the COM
pletion of such sewer the whole eos. and